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A line defect that seems to naturally form in graphene grown on a nickel substrate may provide additional control of transport characteristics.

A small rotation between layers in multilayer graphene radically alters its electronic properties.

Measurements of the charge carrier response of suspended bilayer graphene flakes help identify which theoretical picture best describes the material at zero field.

Tuning the area of the Fermi surface of graphene demonstrates the fundamental physics of electron-phonon scattering.

Controlling defects on graphene that trap migrating metal atoms may lead to superior device fabrication.

Scanning-gate microscopy on a graphene quantum dot reveals localized states which influence transport properties.

In a synthesis of condensed matter physics and atomic and molecular physics, graphene flakes are levitated and spun in an ion trap.

Spins in a graphene quantum dot display properties surprisingly similar to those in semiconductor dots, but with potential for longer coherence times.

A quick and simple processing method ensures that the first layer of graphene grown on silicon carbide will perform as expected.

Controlled doping of nanotubes and graphene sheets is achieved through an ion implantation technique.

The same organic molecule that proved successful as an electron acceptor in light emitting diodes may be a technologically viable material for doping graphene.

Highly doped graphene can become superconducting.

Experiments demonstrate that a single electron can inhabit a site on a graphite surface where the carbon atom is missing. Such electrons could lead to new and useful types of magnetism.

A very high magnetic field splits the zero-energy Landau level of bilayer graphene revealing eight distinct levels.

Transport characteristics of graphene nanoribbons have implications for nanodevices.

Calculations of bilayer graphene reveal the possibility of new electronic phases.

Ballistic electron transport through a clean superconductor with d-wave symmetry has features in common with graphene.

Due to unusual spinlike properties, electrons in graphene—despite scattering—exhibit a small increase in their conductivity.

Photoelectron spectroscopy reveals how carbon atoms aggregate to form domelike graphene structures on iridium surfaces.

Disorder causes an unexpected quantum phase transition in graphene.